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I feel I should ask and I apologize in advance since its technically not on subject. I have an older PinePhone community edition. At the time I received, it was

I feel I should ask and I apologize in advance since its technically not on subject. I have an older PinePhone community edition. At the time I received, it was not ready for prime time ( not very usable as a daily driver ). That was ~2 years now? Have things improved?

kop316 4y ago
Here is one person's experience with it over the past two years: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31806639 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31806639 I have been using a Librem5 for the past six months full time, here is my comment on usage from ~week ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31727098 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31727098
3np 4y ago
Things have improved a lot. It's night and day compared to 2 years ago. I have not tried Mobian, but otherwise I found postmarketOS has been the most robust, reliable, and unsurprising compared to Manjaro and Arch. I say it's at the point where it's worth a reassessment - if you're the kind of person who gets nostalgic about the first years of Gentoo, as desktop. It can be worth it to try Plasma, Phosh and SXMO (Wayland unless you already have an opinion). While it lasts multiple days in idle now, I'd get at least one spare battery for longer outings.
Arnavion 4y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31238398 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31238398
blackbear_ 4y ago
I daily drive it, Phosh works really well if you excuse the occasional crashes and freezes and slowness. Unlike the sibling I prefer Manjaro (and Arch) to postmarketOS because I feel that the former is faster to connect to wifi and mobile data when unlocking the phone, which is a significant quality-of-life improvement for me.
- desertraven 4y ago
  Is there any special setup to get Manjaro/Arch working on the Pinephone?
  - linmob 4y ago
    Not really, just follow the links on [1], download an image and flash it to a microSD[HC|XC] card, or use JumpDrive [2] to write it to eMMC. [1]: https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php?title=PinePhone_Software_Releases https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php?title=PinePhone_Software_R... [2]: https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php?title=PinePhone_Software_Releases#JumpDrive https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php?title=PinePhone_Software_R...

kop316 4y ago

Here is one person's experience with it over the past two years: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31806639 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31806639 I have been using a Librem5 for the past six months full time, here is my comment on usage from ~week ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31727098 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31727098

3np 4y ago

Things have improved a lot. It's night and day compared to 2 years ago. I have not tried Mobian, but otherwise I found postmarketOS has been the most robust, reliable, and unsurprising compared to Manjaro and Arch. I say it's at the point where it's worth a reassessment - if you're the kind of person who gets nostalgic about the first years of Gentoo, as desktop. It can be worth it to try Plasma, Phosh and SXMO (Wayland unless you already have an opinion). While it lasts multiple days in idle now, I'd get at least one spare battery for longer outings.

Arnavion 4y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31238398 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31238398

blackbear_ 4y ago

I daily drive it, Phosh works really well if you excuse the occasional crashes and freezes and slowness. Unlike the sibling I prefer Manjaro (and Arch) to postmarketOS because I feel that the former is faster to connect to wifi and mobile data when unlocking the phone, which is a significant quality-of-life improvement for me.

desertraven 4y ago
Is there any special setup to get Manjaro/Arch working on the Pinephone?
- linmob 4y ago
  Not really, just follow the links on [1], download an image and flash it to a microSD[HC|XC] card, or use JumpDrive [2] to write it to eMMC. [1]: https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php?title=PinePhone_Software_Releases https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php?title=PinePhone_Software_R... [2]: https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php?title=PinePhone_Software_Releases#JumpDrive https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php?title=PinePhone_Software_R...